Irina Elcheva Explained

Irina Mikhaylovna Elcheva (Russian: Ирина Михайловна Ельчева; 28 November 1926 – 8 May 2013) was a Russian composer. She studied at Mussorgsky College and the Leningrad Conservatory. She collected folk songs and completed the opera Spartak in 1962.

Elcheva died in St. Petersburg on 8 May 2013, at the age of 86.^[1]

References

• Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. 9780393034875. 22 October 2010.
• Book: McVicker, Mary . Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century . McFarland . 2016 . 143. 9780786495139 .

External links

• 500 Operas by Women, Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy

Notes and References

1. Web site: ЕЛЬЧЕВА, ИРИНА МИХАЙЛОВНА (1926–2013) . Conservatory.ru . 7 December 2022.